“She’s definitely my idol,” she said today. “But obviously I have my own voice and style too — that’s what I’m excited about showing off now.”

Speaking to The Sun newspaper, Lareena revealed how she had originally auditioned for both The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, but never even made it to the screen.

“I’d been rejected so many times before that when it came to the day before my Voice audition, I wasn’t going to go through with it — I thought I’d be wasting my time," she explained. “But my husband Steven talked me round and I decided this would be it — this was my last chance.

“It was the most nervous I’ve ever been in my life — and in my mind I thought I’d blown it.

“So when Tom turned around it was a complete shock — and one of the best moments of my life.”

The Voice 2013 blind auditions conclude on BBC One this Saturday night.